Why should the lateral sides of the infant's heel be used for capillary puncture?

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Damage to nerve or bone can happen when you puncture infant's extremities to collect capillary blood. The safest region to do this is the lateral side of <span>the infant's heel. With this method, the chance damage to the nerve of bone is much less than the middle of an infant or the finger.</span>

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The cell is in a hypertonic solution because it lost water through osmosis and shrunk.
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When a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution it loses water through osmosis and shrinks.
An animal cell placed in a hypotonic solution absorbs water through osmosis, increases in size and then bursts. Plant cell, on the other hand, does not burst when placed in a hypotonic solution as it contains a cellulose cell wall.